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lysistrata-第7章

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her; and she spends her days consulting oracles that never send her


a husband。


  MAGISTRATE


    But the old man who can still get an erection。。。


  LYSISTRATA


    But you; why don't you get done with it and die? You are rich;


go buy yourself a bier; and I will knead you a honey…cake for


Cerberus。 Here; take this garland。


                                           (Drenching him with water。)


  CLEONICE


    And this one too。


                                           (Drenching him with water。)


  MYRRHINE


    And these fillets。


                                           (Drenching him with water。)


  LYSISTRATA


    What else do you need? Step aboard the boat; Charon is waiting for


you; you're keeping him from pushing off。


  MAGISTRATE


    To treat me so scurvily! What an insult! I will go show myself


to my fellow…magistrates just as I am。


  LYSISTRATA


    What! are you blaming us for not having exposed you according to


custom? Nay; console yourself; we will not fail to offer up the


third…day sacrifice for you; first thing in the morning。


            (She goes into the Acropolis; with CLEONICE and MYRRHINE。)


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    Awake; friends of freedom; let us hold ourselves aye ready to act。


  CHORUS OF OLD MEN  (singing)


    I suspect a mighty peril; I foresee another tyranny like Hippias'。


I am sore afraid the Laconians assembled here with Clisthenes have; by


a stratagem of war; stirred up these women; enemies of the gods; to


seize upon our treasury and the funds whereby I lived。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    Is it not a sin and a shame for them to interfere in advising


the citizens; to prate of shields and lances; and to ally themselves


with Laconians; fellows I trust no more than I would so many


famished wolves? The whole thing; my friends; is nothing else but an


attempt to re…establish tyranny。 But I will never submit; I will be on


my guard for the future; I will always carry a blade hidden under


myrtle boughs; I will post myself in the public square under arms;


shoulder to shoulder with Aristogiton; and now; to make a start; I


must just break a few of that cursed old jade's teeth yonder。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Nay; never play the brave man; else when you go back home; your


own mother won't know you。 But; dear friends and allies; first let


us lay our burdens down。


  CHORUS OF WOMEN  (singing)


    Then; citizens all; hear what I have to say。 I have useful counsel


to give our city; which deserves it well at my hands for the brilliant


distinctions it has lavished on my girlhood。 At seven years of age;


I carried the sacred vessels; at ten; I pounded barley for the altar


of Athene; next; clad in a robe of yellow silk; I played the bear to



Artemis at the Brauronia; presently; when I was grown up; a tall;


handsome maiden; they put a necklace of dried figs about my neck;


and I was one of the Canephori。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    So surely I am bound to give my best advice to Athens。 What


matters that I was born a woman; if I can cure your misfortunes? I pay


my share of tolls and taxes; by giving men to the State。 But you;


you miserable greybeards; you contribute nothing to the public


charges; on the contrary; you have wasted the treasure of our


forefathers; as it was called; the treasure amassed in the days of the


Persian Wars。 You pay nothing at all in return; and into the bargain


you endanger our lives and liberties by your mistakes。 Have you one


word to say for yourselves?。。。 Ah! don't irritate me; you there; or


I'll lay my slipper across your jaws; and it's pretty heavy。


  CHORUS OF OLD MEN  (singing)


    Outrage upon outrage! things are going from bad to worse。 Let us


punish the minxes; every one of us that has balls to boast of。 Come;


off with our tunics; for a man must savour of manhood; come; my


friends; let us strip naked from head to foot。 Courage; I say; we


who in our day garrisoned Lipsydrion; let us be young again; and shake


off eld。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF OLD MEN


    If we give them the least hold over us; that's the end! their


audacity will know no bounds! We shall see them building ships; and


fighting sea…fights; like Artemisia; and; if they want to mount and


ride as cavalry; we had best cashier the knights; for indeed women


excel in riding; and have a fine。 firm seat for the gallop。 Just think


of all those squadrons of Amazons Micon has painted for us engaged


in hand…to…hand combat with men。 Come then; we must now fit collars to


all these willing necks。


  CHORUS OF WOMEN  (singing)


    By the blessed goddesses; if you anger me; I will let loose the


beast of my evil passions; and a very hailstorm of blows will set


you yelling for help。 Come; dames; off with your tunics; and quick's


the word; women must smell the smell of women in the throes of


passion。。。。 Now just you dare to measure strength with me; old


greybeard; and I warrant you you'll never eat garlic or black beans


any more。 No; not a word! my anger is at boiling point; and I'll do


with you what the beetle did with the eagle's eggs。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    I laugh at your threats; so long as I have on my side Lampito


here; and the noble Theban; my dear Ismenia。。。。 Pass decree on decree;


you can do us no hurt; you wretch abhorred of all your fellows。 Why;


only yesterday; on occasion of the feast of Hecate; I asked my


neighbours of Boeotia for one of their daughters for whom my girls


have a lively liking …a fine; fat eel to wit; and if they did not


refuse; all along of your silly decrees! We shall never cease to


suffer the like; till some one gives you a neat trip…up and breaks


your neck for you!  (To LYSISTRATA as she comes out from the


Acropolis)  You; Lysistrata; you who are leader of our glorious


enterprise; why do I see you coming towards me with so gloomy an air?


  LYSISTRATA


    It's the behaviour of these naughty women; it's the female heart


and female weakness that so discourage me。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Tell us; tell us; what is it?


  LYSISTRATA


    I only tell the simple truth。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    What has happened so disconcerting? Come; tell your friends。


  LYSISTRATA


    Oh! the thing is so hard to tell…yet so impossible to conceal。


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Never seek to hide any ill that has befallen our cause。


  LYSISTRATA


    To blurt it out in a word…we want laying!


  LEADER OF CHORUS OF WOMEN


    Oh! Zeus; oh! Zeus!


  LYSISTRATA


    What use calling upon Zeus? The thing is even as I say。 I cannot


stop them any longer from lusting after the men。 They are all for


deserting。 The first I caught was slipping out by the postern gate


near the cave of Pan; another was l
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